Jose Mourinho insists he is 'very happy' with Chelsea's draw at Manchester United despite late setbacks

Satisfied: Despite conceding a late equaliser, Jose Mourinho was pleased with how Chelsea played Getty

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho was at pains to say he was happy with Chelsea's 1-1 draw away at Manchester United, despite the late drama.

"Very happy," he said. "Very happy. My team played a fantastic game, it's not easy to play here against Manchester United, a Manchester United that tried to play very compact and hit us on the counter attack.

"We were fantastic, especially in the second half. It was a top-class performance, good control, we could score a couple more goals."

On Drogba's goal he said: "He has scored so much. He scored a beautiful goal, he could have scored in the first half. I am so happy with his performance, my team is good and it's very difficult to speak about (individual) players."

The Portuguese also refused to get involved with discussing Ivanovic's dismissal for two yellow cards.

"I prefer not to speak about the second yellow card," he said. "If I do I have to start in the first half and go through many things that happened in the game. The penalty on Ivanovic [which was not given], the accumulation of cards, the fouls not given.

"I think Chelsea was fantastic, even with the circumstances, even more credit to the players. The result is not the one we wanted, we came to win but the performance is fantastic. The result, not so, but acceptable."

United celebrated like they had won, and manager Louis van Gaal said: "It is the same song. We created a lot of chances, we don't finish these chances and then Chelsea make the first goal.

"Much more difficult, Chelsea is playing on ball possession, make the pitch big and we have to run and run but after the 10 minutes after the goal I think we got together again and I think we deserved the last goal.

"But I have seen we could have won, also against Chelsea. I am saying that nearly every game, but that is a good sign I think because Chelsea is top level and we were at least equal."

Drogba was marked by Rafael for his goal, a man somewhat shorter than him.

"It was a mix of communications between Marouane Fellaini and Rafael and they came at that moment," he added.

"I think we are showing again that we are believing until the end in a goal, making a goal in spite of the result, (which we did) also against West Brom.

"We were 2-1 behind and today also 1-0 behind. It's fantastic and the players are running to the 90th minute."